Effect of high RSC water application along with FYM and gypsum on seed production of radish (Raphanus sativus L.)
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2020-01
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CCSHAU, Hisar
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The experiment entitled “Effect of high RSC water application along with FYM and gypsum on seed production of radish (Raphanus sativus L.)” was conducted at Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India during 2017-18 and 2018-19 to find out the effect of high RSC water, farmyard manure and gypsum on growth, phenological parameters, seed yield, seed quality attributes and chemical properties of soil in radish field as well as on economics of different treatments. The treatments comprising of three levels of farmyard manure (0, 10 and 20 t/ha) and three levels of gypsum (0, 50 and 100% neutralization of RSC) were laid out in a randomized block design (factorial) with three replication keeping a net plot size of 3.0 x 3.0 m and Punjab Safed cultivar was used for this study.
The application of farmyard manure and gypsum individually and in combination significantly influenced the vegetative growth, phenological parameters, seed yield, seed quality attributes and chemical properties of soil in radish crop under semi-arid conditions of Hisar. Among the interaction combinations, the plant height at 80 days after planting (cm) and at harvest (cm), number of leaves per plant at 80 days after planting, number of primary and secondary branches per plant, days to 50% flowering, days to 50% pod formation, days to maturity, number of pods per plant, pod weight (g), pod length (cm), number of seeds per pod, seed recovery (%), seed yield per plant (g), seed yield (kg/ha), seed yield (q/ha), biological yield (q/ha), harvest index (%), test weight (g), standard germination percentage, seedling length (cm), seedling dry weight (mg), vigour index-I, vigour index-II, net return (`) and benefit cost ratio were recorded significantly maximum in F2G2 treatment where farmyard manure was applied at the rate of 20 t/ha in combination with 100% neutralization of RSC by gypsum during both the years of study. Whereas, significantly minimum pH, EC (dSm-1) and ESP of soil at planting and after harvest, respectively under F2G2 treatment where farmyard manure was applied @ 20 t/ha in combination with 100% neutralization of RSC by gypsum during 2017-18 and 2018-19.